Community Sentence Patterns in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Community Sentence Patterns in New Zealand (published April 2012) investigates the reasons why there are relatively high volumes of offenders on community sentences in New Zealand…
Inquires: International freight transport services Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 New Zealand importers and exporters spend about $5 billion on freight services each year. These services provide essential connections between New Zealand and the international economy…
Innovation and the city: Review of the Auckland regional innovation system Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Place matters in innovation. New ideas – and the capability to translate them into innovative goods, services, processes or markets – rely on the sharing of…
Business Strategies and Employment Decisions: Interviews with New Zealand Firms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 A firm’s business strategy does not exist in a vacuum; it requires employees to implement it. However, firms often say that they have difficulties hiring certain…
A Good Worker is Hard to Find: Skills Shortages in New Zealand Firms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This paper examines the determinants of firms’ skill shortages, using a specially-designed survey, the Business Strategy and Skills (BSS) module of the Business Operations Survey. We…
Disability Support Services Strategic Plan 2010 to 2014 Last Publication Date: 21 Mar 2012 The Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services group (DSS) has developed a four-year Strategic Plan for the period July 2010 to June 2014. This plan sets…
Health of Māori Children and Young People with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities Last Publication Date: 19 Mar 2012 The report on the health of Māori children and young people with chronic conditions is divided into two main parts Part 1: 'Children and Young People with…
Partnerships with Māori: He Waka Whānui Last Publication Date: 17 Mar 2012 Drawing from the Families Commission Act 2003 (Section 7), the Families Commission takes a strengths-based approach to the work informing its Whānau Strategic Framework. For example,…
Childcare use and work arrangements in 1998 and 2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2012 Childcare use and work arrangements in 1998 and 2009 compares the findings of the New Zealand Childcare Survey 2009 with those of the New Zealand Childcare…
The Status of Marae in 2009 – Te Ora o te Marae i 2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2012 Marae are a key feature of the cultural Infrastructure of Māori society, acting as guardians of mātauranga and taonga and connecting whānau through whakapapa. The Status…